J.R. Richard vs Nolan Ryan

J.R. Richard Nolan Ryan

J.R. Richard and Nolan Ryan compared on their MLB careers: J.R. Richard played 10 seasons, 1971 to 1980, Nolan Ryan 27 seasons, 1966 to 1993. J.R. Richard has 107 wins to Nolan Ryan's 324. Nolan Ryan won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

J.R. Richard and Nolan Ryan career totals

238	GP	807
107	W	324
71	L	292
3.1	ERA	3.2
1,606	IP	5,387
1,493	K	5,714
770	BB	2,795
1.2	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	3

Where each stands all time

J.R. Richard and Nolan Ryan all-time places

235th (1,493)	Strikeouts (pitching)	1st (5,714)
—	Wins (pitching)	14th (324)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

J.R. Richard: 0 championships; none on file
Nolan Ryan: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

J.R. Richard and Nolan Ryan season by season

1st	1971	2	1	3.43	1966	0	1	15.00
2nd	1972	1	0	13.50	1968	6	9	3.09
3rd	1973	6	2	4.00	1969	6	3	3.54
4th	1974	2	3	4.18	1970	7	11	3.41
5th	1975	12	10	4.39	1971	10	14	3.97
6th	1976	20	15	2.75	1972	19	16	2.28
7th	1977	18	12	2.97	1973	21	16	2.87
8th	1978	18	11	3.11	1974	22	16	2.89
9th	1979	18	13	2.71	1975	14	12	3.45
10th	1980	10	4	1.90	1976	17	18	3.36
11th	—	—	—	—	1977	19	16	2.77
12th	—	—	—	—	1978	10	13	3.71
13th	—	—	—	—	1979	16	14	3.59
14th	—	—	—	—	1980	11	10	3.35
15th	—	—	—	—	1981	11	5	1.69
16th	—	—	—	—	1982	16	12	3.16
17th	—	—	—	—	1983	14	9	2.98
18th	—	—	—	—	1984	12	11	3.04
19th	—	—	—	—	1985	10	12	3.80
20th	—	—	—	—	1986	12	8	3.34
21st	—	—	—	—	1987	8	16	2.76
22nd	—	—	—	—	1988	12	11	3.52
23rd	—	—	—	—	1989	16	10	3.20
24th	—	—	—	—	1990	13	9	3.44
25th	—	—	—	—	1991	12	6	2.91
26th	—	—	—	—	1992	5	9	3.72
27th	—	—	—	—	1993	5	5	4.88

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA